Method of attaching eyelets to articles of wearing-apparel



(No Model.)

A. P. MGGRAW.

METHOD 0E ATTAGEING EYELETS YTO ARTICLES 0E WEARING APPAREL.

No. 363,406.V

Patented May 24, 1887..

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ALBERT l). MOGRAW', OF MCGRAVVILLE, NEV` YORK.

METHOD OF ATTACHING EYELETS T0 ARTICLES OF WEARlNG-APPAREL.

SPECIFICATION forming pari: of Letters Patent No. 363,406, dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed October 23, 1886. VSerial No. 217,069. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT I. MCGRAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at McGrawville, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented a new and improved mode of fastening eyelets in such a manner as to more perfectly secure them and prevent their displacement, and that said invention has not been patented in any country; and I do hereby declare that the following is .a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of an article with the eyelets in place, and Fig. 2 is a crosssection on line fr x of Fig. l.

The nature of my invention consists in providing the eyeleted parts of corsets or other wearing-apparel with cords of suitable size and flexible material, such as are in common use, and made of twisted or woven threads or strands, which are placed in parallel positions between two or more thicknesses of fabric, and at asuitable distance apart to allow eyelets to be inserted between them and turned over lupon the same, and said cords to be secured upon either side by rows of stitching.

The object of my invention is to firmly secure the eyelet when placed between and turned upon the cords by means of ordinary eyclet-inachines, so as to prevent the eyelets from being displaced when strained in any di rection. I attain this object by placing my cords as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Letters C Gmark a section at the back of a common corset, at one edge of which are ordinary eyelets, B, for the purpose of lacing it to its opposite side, asis done in corsets and other wearing-apparel where one part is connected to another part by means of` interlacings. Said section is composed of two thicknesses of cloth. I place one thickness upon the other, and first stitch one row of stitching D, by means of an ordinary sewing-machine, through both thicknesses and in the direction I wish to place my eyelets. I then take two cords, A A, which are of a suitable size to allow the eyelets to be turned upon them, and

composed of flexible material, such as are in .ing D close against my first row of cord A,

and then place my second cord against my second row of stitching, as at first, and continue by placing another or third row of stitching against my second cord, thus arranging three rows of stitching and two cords parallel and adjacent to said irst row of stitching. I then insert my eyelets B, by means of ordinary eyelet-machines, between my first and second rows of cord and through my second row of stitching, however few or many eyelets there may be, so that when set in their usual way they are turned upon and pressed into said cords and between said stitchings, thereby firmly securing them from the danger of being pulled out when strained in any direction, which has heretofore been unavoidable onaccount of not having proper and sufficient se- Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. That improvement in the method of setting eyelets which consists in placing cords in parallel lines between two or more thicknesses of fabric a suitable distance apart, properly vsecuring them from displacement, and then 

